UConn quarterback Tim Boyle to transfer

UConn quarterback Tim Boyle has received the release from his scholarship and is in the process of transferring

UConn quarterback Tim Boyle has received the release from his scholarship and is in the process of transferring

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UConn quarterback Tim Boyle has received the release from his scholarship and is in the process of transferring

UConn quarterback Tim Boyle has received the release from his scholarship and is in the process of transferring

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NEW HAVEN >> Tim Boyle is the only quarterback to start games at UConn in each of the last three seasons. If he earns another start, it will not be with the Huskies.

Boyle has received the release from his scholarship and is in the process of transferring. Boyle is planning to take a visit to Eastern Kentucky according to his high school coach Sean Marinan.

“Every kid wants to play, and he wants to play pretty bad,” Marinan said at the Walter Camp Foundation’s Breakfast of Champions on Saturday morning. “He has a lot of ability so maybe he should have made this move a year or two ago, but I hope it works out for him.”

Boyle moved into a starting role as a true freshman after the firing of head coach Paul Pasqualoni. Boyle was 58 for 132 for 619 yards with no touchdowns and eight interceptions in four games as a starter before giving way to Casey Cochran. He started the final three games of the 2014 season, throwing his only career touchdown pass in a loss to Memphis. Boyle started the 2015 regular-season finale against Temple after starting quarterback Bryant Shirreffs was sidelined with a concussion. Boyle also played most of the game at quarterback in the upset win over Houston after Shirreffs was knocked out of the 20-17 win due to a helmet-to-helmet hit. Boyle finished 1,237 passing yards at UConn.

Boyle competed for the starting quarterback job which went to Shirreffs. In between the end of the regular season and the Huskies’ appearance in the St. Petersburg Bowl, Boyle was dropped behind junior-college transfer Garrett Anderson on the depth chart at UConn although he remained the holder on extra points and field goals.

“After the Temple game they moved him down the depth chart so the writing was on the wall,” Marinan said. “He is a competitor and he wants to play. It is tough. He has one year of eligibility and fortunately he still has the redshirt year so hopefully that will work out. You have to find a school to pay two (years) to get one. I’ve talked to a number of schools and they are not willing to do that. He’ll keep pulling along and see if something works out for him.”

Marinan, who said UConn coach Bob Diaco has been cooperative during this process, has reached out to some schools on Boyle’s behalf. Boyle has also been in touch with some of his former coaches at UConn. Marinan said that Miami Dolphins tight ends coach Shane Day, who was UConn’s quarterbacks coach in 2013, was the one who had a connection with Eastern Kentucky.